Practice: Compliance: Investigations, Anti-Money Laundering and Corporate Governance

In the business environment, where integrity is power and trust becomes a strategic asset, Luis Dantón Martínez Corres has established himself as one of the most representative and relevant voices in compliance, anti-corruption, and investigations in Mexico and internationally.
His professional practice uniquely integrates experience in the public and private sectors. He has held positions of significant responsibility, including Deputy General Director of Legal Affairs and Trusteeship at Nacional Financiera, Advisor to the Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit, Global Director of Compliance at Citigroup in New York, and Director of Legal Affairs and Government Relations at Walmart of Mexico and Central America.
In the private sector, he was a founding partner of LEC, Strategic Litigation and Compliance, a firm distinguished for its specialization in Compliance and Litigation, as well as in the prevention and combating of money laundering, asset recovery, anti-corruption, corporate investigations, banking and finance, and in advising governments, multinational corporations, and leading Mexican companies on complex matters that frequently involve multiple legal jurisdictions.
Licensed to practice law in both Mexico and New York, Luis Dantón Martínez Corres provides strategic advice to multinational corporations and financial institutions on the creation of robust compliance programs, as well as on high-impact transnational investigations. His experience spans banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions, regulation, corporate governance, compliance, and anti-corruption.
His leadership and contributions have earned him constant recognition in the legal and business communities. In addition to his professional practice, he maintains an active presence as a speaker and columnist, highlighting the importance of promoting corporate ethics and consolidating a culture of compliance and anti-corruption as drivers of trust, integrity, value, and sustainability in business.

Academic Training:

 

• Yale School of Management, Executive Education: Management program for Lawyers, United States, 2014.

• Harvard Business School, Executive, Corporate Governance: Current issues and trends regarding Audit Program for Lawyers, United States, 2004.

•  University of California, Master of Laws (LL.M), United States, 1995.
University of California, Master of Business Administration (MBA), United States, 1994.
•  National Autonomous University of Mexico, Bachelor of Laws (JD), Mexico, 1991.

Admissions:
• Mexico
• New York Bar

Recognitions:
• Chambers and Partners, Latin America Guide, Compliance, Mexico, 2025 – 2026.

• Chambers and Partners, Global Guide, Compliance, Mexico, 2025 – 2025.

•  Legal 500, Leading Partner, 2026.

•  Legal 500, Latin America, Firm to Watch, 2026.
• Legal 500, Latin America, Compliance, Leading Individual, Mexico, 2021 - 2025.
• Leaders League, Compliance and Administrative Litigation, Leading, Mexico, 2020 – 2025.
•  Lexology, Client Choice Award, Investigations, Mexico, 2022 – 2025.
•  WWL Thought Leaders, Mexico, Investigations, 2024.
•  Benchmark Litigation, Latin America, Litigation Star Rating, White Collar Crime, 2020.
• Who's Who Legal, Mexico, “Recognized Lawyer”, Compliance, Anti-corruption and Investigations, 2019.

Memberships and other activities:
• ICC - International Chamber of Commerce, Mexico, President of the Anti-Corruption Commission.